RN Case Manager - General Pediatrics

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As an RN Case Manager, you will collaborate with inter-professional teams across the continuum of care to facilitate and ensure effective transitional care coordination. Essential to this role are the core values of patient advocacy, holistic assessment, care planning and the empowerment of patients and families to self-manage.  

This is a full-time role. A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 4:30pm. 3 weekend shifts per quarter.  

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Ensure compliance with standards of the accrediting bodies, state mandated revised code and the CMS Conditions of Participation.  

• Promote interprofessional synchronization throughout the acute episode.  

• Complete effective handoffs to the next level of care or community to ensure continuity of care.  

• Proactively assess, identify and work to mitigate the risk posed by barriers to patients’ transitions of care.  

• Work with the patient and/or care partner(s) to develop a comprehensive, individualized transitional care plan.  

• Participate and lead in patient rounding activities, huddles and committee meetings.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 

• Three years of recent RN experience 

• At least one year caring for pediatric patients as a RN

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 

• CTM, ACM, CCM or AHA Certification by an approved entity 

• Two years of recent experience in utilization review, quality or care management 

• Knowledge of acute care and accreditation requirements 

• Experience in discharge planning and quality improvement 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

• Requires normal or corrected hearing and vision to normal range.

• Sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: active or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and /or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.